More Press for Shelly’s Obama Mural

King 5 did a piece last night on the mural. You can see the video at

Obama mural to ward of taggers

From Barbarella to Obama

My friend, Shelly, has recently gotten some local press about the Obama mural she painted on her garage door. Here is her explanation of how the previous mural, the Space Virgin Barbarella, was defaced by a tagger, and then her subsequent decision to paint it over with a mural of Obama.

Waggle Labs: From Barbarella to Obama

Reverse Graffiti

The Reverse Graffiti Project: Video

Fast forward past the boring introduction with cheesy music to get to the heart of it.

I like when he talks about how he got the inspiration for this.  Working in a restaurant, he started cleaning a dirty spot on the wall only to find that the rest of the wall was dirty too, and the now clean spot stood out too much.  He ended up cleaning the entire wall so it wouldn’t “look strange” and thought about how he’d now have to clean the entire restaurant.  I know the feeling, buddy, I know the feeling.